Standard Serving Sizes

 

Standard Serving Sizes

Food Serving Looks Like Chopped Vegetables ½ cup ½ baseball or rounded handful for average adult

 Raw Leafy Vegetables (such as lettuce) 1 cup 1 baseball or fist of an average adult

Fresh Fruit 1 medium piece ½ cup chopped 1 baseball
½ baseball or rounded handful for average adult

Dried Fruit ¼ cup 1 golf ball or scant handful for average adult

 Pasta, Rice, Cooked Cereal ½ cup ½ baseball or rounded handful for average adult

Ready-to-Eat Cereal 1 oz., which varies from ½ cup to 1 ¼ cups (check label) 

  Meat, Poultry, Seafood 3 oz. (boneless cooked weight from 4 oz. raw) Deck of Cards

 Dried beans ½ cup cooked ½ baseball or rounded handful for average adult

Nuts 1/3 cup Level handful for average adult

Cheese 1 ½ oz. (2 oz. if processed cheese) 1 oz. looks like 4 dice